7 comments:

Hi I am interested in the symposium, is there a limit on the availability of housing or are you limiting the number of participants. I will be making my own accommodations. Is there a syllabus available?

Got the email about signing up for the specific sessions and lectures, but I find it very hard to work out a schedule since you aren't able to print out the info in full! Is there a way you can post the info in a better format so a person can more easily print it all out? The scrolling boxes don't work!! Thanks

You all have already made your workshop choices so that's taken care of. I'll see what can be done to provide a printable schedule.Each participant should bring their own sketching supplies. There's not a required list.

about the symposium

In late July of 2010, the city of Portland, Oregon (USA), became a canvas for drawing enthusiasts from around the world as Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) and Urban Sketchers (USK) hosted the 1st International Urban Sketching Symposium. The three-day event attracted participants and presenters from diverse corners of the world. In addition to the U.S., other countries represented were Australia, Belgium, Canada, Mauritania, Italy, Japan, Singapore, the Dominican Republic and Spain. The program consisted of lectures, panels, exhibits and field sketching sessions led by a diverse team of international presenters with backgrounds in art education, architecture, illustration and journalism. This blog documents the experience since the Symposium was announced in March. A selection of photographs from the event can be found in this flickr collection. Sketches produced by participants during the event can also be seeing on the Symposium flickr group.

Other Portland resources

World Wide SketchCrawl Day

We'll be observing the 28th World Wide SketchCrawl on July 31st, the third day of the Symposium, in addition to the scheduled program. The global sketching marathons were started by San Francisco artist Enrico Casarosa in 2004. It's a day when people across the world get out to draw wherever they are. Visit the SketchCrawl Forum to arrange sketching meetups in Portland and elsewhere.